What's New Saturday?

Not quite Saturday, but thought I'd start anyway. Post away and I'll be back.

I'm in Chehalis at Erin's. Traffic, coming and going. Construction, one lane roads, detours. . . A normal 4.5 hour trip took almost an hour longer. But. . . it was worth it all when I opened the door and got "Hiiiiii!" with double hand waves from the high chairs. It hasn't even been a week, but they've learned several words since then.

Tomorrow morning I'll get up early and head to Grayland/Westport, WA for the day. A day spent on the coast. Listening to the sounds of the seashore, looking for sand dollars and seashells. Walking, walking, walking. . .Hoping to find a special rock to take home  to my new rock garden. Perhaps some good seafood for lunch.

Then back home in time for Erin and Josh to  go out on a date.

I got 20 miles in at the gym this past week. I'm going to do my best to get that many in walking this week. I've asked Erin to take me out and "dump" me. That way I have no choice but to complete the walk. Going in circles doesn't work well for me. I need  to go the distance and then turn around. Too easy to talk myself out of it otherwise.

The recommitment to exercise is starting to show on the scales. My food isn't perfect. Probably never will be. Don't want to "diet." Just want to eat healthily in moderate amounts. Key to  that for me seems to be exercise. If I want to eat and not gain I HAVE to exercise. No ifs, ands, or butts! (Heehee, I made a funny!)

Seems like many of us either have a hard time continuing to lose or others can't stop losing. Balance is such a difficult thing to accompli**** reminds me of how different we all are. I want to keep losing, but I have to want it enough to exercise rigorously. This morning it looked like the scale was down almost 2 lbs and that was after eating breakfast. Now that I'm on this downward roll I want to keep it going by eating healthy food in proper amounts.

I'm looking so forward to a respite from the intense heat we've had the past two weeks. Pacific Ocean here I come. MK, meet me in the middle!

Ahh, the ocean. How I miss it being there for us. We were never avid beach goers, but we were addicted to deep sea fishing. It never mattered if we had a single bite as long as we were out there. Ohhh, fresh seafood too?  Hang on..I'll be there shortly!

20 miles is wonderful, Karen!!  And being "dropped off" sounds like a good plan. Do you think Erin will do it? Boy, you could really get teased if your son in law was the one doing the dropping...lol

I've decided I'm going to live. My belly isn't so sore this morning and I got up 4 times during the night to potty. My reward was losing 6 lbs overnight. No matter how logical it is, or how well I understand water retention after surgery, seeing those numbers going sky high is alarming.

Not sure what the day holds in store. Gary is off, so I might ride with him on his errands. That's IF I can get a pair of pants on. Otherwise, I'll sit in front of my tv, watch movies and label bottles for Saint Bella.

Can you all believe we had over 70 responses to this thread yesterday??? Amazing!

Erin lives out in the country. Not too hot, lots of pretty windy roads. She plans to drop me, go for a run and then come back, park, and walk and cool down to meet me.

Good morning Karen and everyone.....

Karen...we sure do love those grand babies don't we....yours are so adorable!!

Margo....can I move with you to Maui....I want to live there so bad!! Lucky you! I have the chickens swinging honey....hope the house gets sold soon!!!

I am going to have breakfast soon and then off with Dwayne for the day. We are going to a small town near us for their summer event. They have bed races and all kinds of fun things going on. It should be a great day!!

I best go and start getting ready for the day.Hope you all have a good Saturday too!!

Prayers to those in need. Keep smiling it is contagious!!

Love and hugs to all....connie d

All right, you've got me.  What the heck does I have the chickens swinging honey...mean?

Its a  silly good luck symbol....some send vibes..etc....swinging chickens work too...hahahahaha!!!

Just a joke....

Hugs....connie d

You mean you don't really hang chickens by their feet and swing them?  Darn, I was looking forward to trying that!!  :)   I've never heard that one before.

Jan....you are just too funny!!!!!!

Hugs sweetie....connie d

Karen,
I am soooo jealous of your travel to the ocean. In one of my other lives, I used to go camping and crabbing at Westport. What fun we had! We camped in tents mostly then had an old old trailer. Such good times. And good crab! I wish I could take off like you and go by myself.....have fun...we also did lots of agate hunting which was really fun too.
I am frustrated that if I eat ONE thing Not so healthy I gain! It is so hard to maintain and that is maintaining just where I am now which is about 7-8 heavier than my lowest....I get to feeling like a failure and that it's "Just too hard." and "not fair." I  know what a baby, whiner....but then usually I get over myself. I have to eat perfect and exercise just to stay near an OK number.  I get really ANNOYED when I hear this is the "easy way" out.
Been off my anti-depressant about a month...thinking I may need to hop back on that boat!

Have fun and look for an agate for me if you have time!!!!
Cheryl